Irrigating apparatus



Dec. 25, 1928.

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IRRIGATING; arrARATus. i-

Application filed. October 26, 1921 Serial HoJ 510,635. Renewed October 6, 1925.

This invention relatesgenerally to irrigeting apparatus and has for its main object and feature the production oi simple. means for oscillating a sprinkler pipe and supplying ater ther to. 4 I V v r in. the accompanying dr 'tion'is disclose; in one concrete and preferred embodiment in which I Fig. 1: is a view in front elevation partly broken away, oi an irr gatingapparatus embodying the invention Fig. 2 is a verticalsectional vievv on the plane of line 2 2 of Fig. 1. e 3 is a vertical sectional vievy on the plane of line 83 of 2. I

Fig; d is a vertical sectional View on the plane of line 4% of Fig. 2. i

, Fig. his a vertical sectional vieW on the plane of line 55 of Fig. 2. r

1 indicates -a casing, here circular in form,

end a paddlemovable in opposite directions ithin said casing. mechanism is provided for admitting and exl'niusting Water to and from-thecesingelternately, on opposite sides of the paddle, and

- the oscillating motion ofthe peddle thus produced is used to oscillate sprinlderpipe. Tlhismotion may be imparted to the sprinkler pipev in any suitable Way, as by means of ears, hutpreferably, and as herein disclosed k I e v I 1 the paddle is mounted fast on oscillatory rmkler pipe 3 \vhich'latter extends through the casing. The valve mechanisms are, in the present instance, constructed as follows: i indicates apertition vvsllin casing 1 and in this partition located two valvesl) and 6. Valve 5 is an admission valve and is located in an opening 7 having communication With conduit 8 leading fromthe water supply; and valve 6 is an exhaust valve and is located in on opening 9 having preferably, but not necessarily, communication With aconduit 10 in con'nnunication with sprinkler pipe 3. 11 and 12 indicate two rocksha'fts, one on each side of partition Wall l, and each of these rockshatts is provided with two 13 and 1a: engaging respectively valves 5 and 6. When the dogs on rockshei't 11 actuate the valves shown in Figs. 8 and l, communication will he established between conduit 8 and the casing on one side of partition 4 and between conduit 10 and the casing on the other side of partition 4; and When the dogs swings, the inven-l Suitable valve reverse relation to that previously estab} lished. Eaaidvalve mechanism may beoper ated hend but preferably, and as herein shown, it is operatedautomatically, and, in the particular form'here disclosed, it is a'ctu eted indirectly from the paddleithrouglr Weight and the letter. will then drop on'iarm 19 of roclvshaft 11 thereof; again reversing the valves and so on. i

'20indicetes a source of supply ofvvater having a valve 21' which, when open, admits Water. to conduit 8 and another valve 22 which, when open, e admits Water to conduit 10 x In I the}presentcase both the: exhaust water from valve 6 and the ater from valve 22 flowsto chamber 23 securedxtp the casing and into hich the sprinkler pipe extends end with which it eommunicetes. ,By adjusting valves 21 and 225, the speed of paddle 2 mayberegulatedivhile maintaining constant the flow of ater to sprinkler pipe 8. Ieleim: w 5: n '1. lrrigatinp;apparatus including a cos ing, an oscillatory sprinkler pipe extending through said casing, a paddle Within said easing and mounted fast on said pipe, reversible said pipe independently of the valve meehemsm. e 2. lrrigeting apparatus including: a casing, an oscillatory sprinkler pipe extending through said casing, a paddle Within said casing: and mounted fast on said pipe reversible valve mechanism for supplying and exhausting Water to and from said casing alternately on opposite sides of the paddle, means for conducting exhaust Water from said valve mechanism to said pipe, means for supplying Water to said valve mechanism and V to said pipe independently of the valve mechanism, and means for reversing the valve mechanism by the movement of the paddle.

8. irrigating apparatus including: a'casmg, an oscillatory sprinkler pipe extending through said casing, a paddle Within said casing mounted fast on the pipe, reversible valve mechanism for supplying and exhausting Water to and from said casing alternately on opposite sides of the paddle, a Weight, for reversing the valve mechanism, mounted loosely on the pipe, and means fast on the pipe for raising said Weight into a position Where gravity becomes effective.

4-. Irrigating apparatus including: a cas ing,'an oscillatory sprinkler pipe extending through said casing, a chamber adjacent said casing and communicating With said pipe, a paddle mounted fast on said pipe, a source of supply of Water, a reversible valve mecha nism for admitting and exhausting Water to and from the casing on opposite sides of the paddle, the exhaust Water passing to the chamber aforesaid, and a conduit for supplying Water to the chamber independently of the valve mechanism.

5. Anirrigating system including: an oscillatory sprinkler pipe, a casing, a paddle movable in opposite directions Within the casing, a source of supply of Water, connections and reversible valve mechanism within the casing and mounted independently of the paddle to supply and exhaust Water to and from said casing alternately on opposite sides of said paddle and to supply uninterrupted How of Water to the sprinkler pipe, and means to oscillate the sprinkler pipe from the paddle once to each oscillation of said paddle.

6. An irrigating system including: an oscillatory sprinklerpipe, a casing, a paddle movable in opposite directions Within the casing, source of supply of Water, connections and reversible valve mechanism Within the casing and mounted independently of the paddle to supply and exhaust Water to and from said casing alternately on opposite sides of said paddle and to supply uninterrupted flow of Water to the sprinkler pipe, means to oscillate the sprinkler pipe from the paddle and a connection to lead the exhaust Water from the casing to the sprinkler pipe.

-7. An irrigating system including: a casing, a paddle movable in opposite directions Within the casing, an oscillatory sprinkler 8. An irrigating system including: a casing, a paddle movable in opposite directions within the casing, an oscillatory sprinkler pipe actuated by said paddle and making one oscillation to each oscillation of said paddle, a partition Wall dividing said casing, tWo valve mechanisms movable in the same direction located in said partition Wall to simultaneously supply Water to and exhaust Water from the casing on opposite sides of the par tition Wall, means controlled by the movement ofthe paddle to actuateboth of said valvemechanisms alternately in opposite directions, and means to uninterruptedly sup ply Water to one of said Valve mechanisms and to the sprinkler pipe independently of each other.

Signed at Troy, in the county of Miami, and State of Ohio, this 19 day of October, 1921.

WALTER H. GOLES. 

